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  1. Mike Sixel
    https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/By-2040-americans-senate-represented-pence-warren-12389306.php Sure it is. "David Birdsell, dean of the school of public and international affairs at Baruch College, notes that by 2040, about 70% of Americans are expected to live in the 15 largest states," Seib wrote. "They will have only 30 senators representing them, while the remaining 30% of Americans will have 70 senators representing them."
  2. Mike Sixel
    I already said, we won't agree that 30% of the population should be allowed to elect 68% of the US Senate. We just won't. It isn't fair to the other 70% of the US at all. There isn't anything you can type that will make me feel otherwise. I'm happy to discuss other things, but we won't get anywhere on this topic.
  3. Mike Sixel
    i really think they were shook by Everson, and were also over confident. Plus, they aren't playing great football, but since they are better than most teams, they will usually win even when not playing great, but not always. If that makes sense.
  4. Mike Sixel
    well, that isn't exactly a happy post......I guess we should drink it while we can.
  5. Mike Sixel
    If you were going to write the constitution right now, you'd make it so that 30% of the population will be electing 68% of the Senate in 20 years? That's a good idea for the nation? We will never agree on that. And, there are still state governments.....
  6. Mike Sixel
    And I'm an idiot for saying the Constitution should be looked at..... There is no way we would design this system today, even putting aside politics, no one designs it this way.
  7. Mike Sixel
    In news that says the world doesn't actually suck.... Griffen is rejoining the team this week. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000977815/article/vikings-everson-griffen-to-resume-team-actives-wed
  8. Mike Sixel
    I really don't get this......who cares if we can recall who they got in what trade? Escobar was going to be a FA. They got three players for him. I call that a win in a lost season. Serious A+ work.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Pretty sure Fangraphs agrees on number 4, let's see..... https://www.fangraphs.com/prospects/the-board/?type=&pos=&team=min Not sure of the date this was last updated......but I know they really liked him as a pick.
  10. Mike Sixel
    All these threads, and I still can't tell who you want as manager.....
  11. Mike Sixel
    110 must be a typo.....I'm guessing that's 10....
  12. Mike Sixel
    It shouldn't be boiled.....too hot. Makes the coffee more bitter.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Some "humor" for you.... https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2018/10/23/18013594/stefon-diggs-vikings-sticky-hands-condition
  14. Mike Sixel
    I think this is a hard question, given that I've never been in a clubhouse...... I think the most important factor is leadership, off the field leadership. These guys are together for more than half the year, and making sure that everyone is in the best possible mental state to succeed is key, imo. After that? I'd like someone that is open to new ideas, but has ideas of his/her own and will stand up for the ones that matter most to her. A willingness to play rookies, even if there is a vet around. Knowledge that players aren't done in terms of development when they come up, so put them in situations to help them succeed. Seth's list is great, btw.....
  15. Mike Sixel
    It's amazing to me how much people know what the Twins offered, and what Escobar is thinking! We literally have no idea why it came down this way. But it seems that other teams that have sold at the deadline have signed FAs the next year, and the year after.....so I really doubt that's an issue that would keep someone from coming to MN.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Try starting a business or two....and then try to find insurance. Good luck.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Probably not....as we'd need more docs and nurses and NPs and others....and someone (likely 2-5 companies) would need to administer the programs. UHG makes a ton of money on medicaid and medicare, and even in some nations with socialized medicine. Oh, and we'd have all kinds of watchdog types making sure we aren't just consuming medical care we don't need....
  18. Mike Sixel
    It has been three hours since he last posted....
  19. Mike Sixel
    FWIW, someplace I heard about one time.....would argue that a lot of it is that, both for them and their customers. I find that somewhat convenient, but certainly likely to be a contributing factor.
  20. Mike Sixel
    I'm with you on taxing the "wealthy"....once we agree on what that is. Also, as Buffet has says, cap gains over a certain amount should be taxed at the same rate as regular income. I'm all in on those. I feel like I'm getting more "liberal" as I age, but I also think funding roads, schools, libraries, and parks used to be a moderate thing, not liberal.....
  21. Mike Sixel
    Not sure that was aimed at me, but I have a couple pretty socialist views.... healthcare should be nationalized, I just don't think that is step 1 in the process (at least not all the way to what Canada and Europe have) farms and their communities should be better supported by the government, frankly, I'd pay people to be farmers, not corporations at all (other than sole proprietorships) I also think universal income of some kind will need to happen at some point. I'd just give people stock the day the were born, and every other year they are alive......say, 2000 per year? Poor people that can't afford heat, electricity, housing, food...they should get it somehow I think those first three are pretty socialist. Oh, and I'm all in on the environment and fairly anti war.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I have no idea what that means. My first post in the thread where I first brought that up....that is, the next post after I first mentioned it, stated I wasn't serious..... And, it has nothing to do with the discussion of turning out the vote. And, I didn't dismiss everyone's comments, I like some of the ideas and I listed that above. So, I actually don't know what you are saying.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Well, in those mid terms the GOP crushed it....and my expectations aren't that at all....
  24. Mike Sixel
    I literally said I wasn't serious, and that I didn't think it would happen......but that discussing it might not be the worst idea ever.
  25. Mike Sixel
    And, I've said the rules changed when Newt decided compromise was evil. And Fox came. And churches decided, with GOP help, that democrats were evil (satanic, as one poster said they are described in the South). And gerrymandering, and SCOTUS giving PACs and corporations more influence. Obama was a very special circumstance, and his coat tails were literally about losing ground across the nation in terms of state houses and the House and Senate.
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